2015 Richmond Raiders season

The 2015 Richmond Raiders season was the sixth season for the American indoor football franchise, and their fourth in the Professional Indoor Football League (PIFL).

2015 Richmond Raiders season
Owner	Mike & Elizabeth Frazier
Head coach	James Fuller
Home field	Richmond Coliseum
Results
Record	8-4
League place	2nd
Playoff finish	Won Semi-Finals 54-35 (Venom) Lost PIFL Cup IV 38-64 (Lions)

Schedule

Key:   Win   Tie   Loss   Bye

Regular season

All start times are local to home team

Week	Day	Date	Kickoff	Opponent	Results		Location
					Score	Record
1	Sunday	March 22	4:00pm	at Trenton Freedom	L 33-41[1]	0-1	Sun National Bank Center
2	Sunday	March 29	3:00pm	at Columbus Lions	L 50-52[2]	0-2	Columbus Civic Center
3	Saturday	April 4	7:00pm	Alabama Hammers	W 60-45[3]	1-2	Richmond Coliseum
4	Saturday	April 11	7:00pm	Columbus Lions	L 43-47[4]	1-3	Richmond Coliseum
5	Friday	April 17	7:00pm	Trenton Freedom	W 52-50[5]	2-3	Richmond Coliseum
6	Saturday	April 25	8:00pm	at Nashville Venom	L 49-69	2-4	Nashville Municipal Auditorium
7	Saturday	May 2	8:00pm	at Alabama Hammers	W 87-58	3-4	Von Braun Center
8	Sunday	May 10	2:00pm	at Erie Explosion	W 70-46[6]	4-4	Erie Insurance Arena
9	BYE
10	Saturday	May 23	7:00pm	Trenton Freedom	W 46-40	5-4	Richmond Coliseum
11	Friday	May 29	7:00pm	at Lehigh Valley Steelhawks	W 35-28	6-4	PPL Center
12	Saturday	June 6	7:00pm	Nashville Venom	W 54-30	7-4	Richmond Coliseum
13	BYE
14	Saturday	June 20	7:00pm	Erie Explosion	W 77-8	8-4	Richmond Coliseum

Standings

2015 Professional Indoor Football League
Team	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA	PF (Avg.)	PA (Avg.)	STK
y-Columbus Lions	8	3	0	.727	611	509	55.5	46.3	L1
y-Richmond Raiders	8	4	0	.667	649	507	54.1	42.3	W6
x-Nashville Venom	7	4	0	.636	574	467	52.2	42.5	W2
x-Lehigh Valley Steelhawks	6	5	0	.545	515	460	46.8	41.8	L3
Trenton Freedom	6	6	0	.500	553	517	46.1	43.1	L2
Alabama Hammers	5	7	0	.417	555	645	46.3	53.7	W2
Erie Explosion	2	9	0	.182	404	664	36.7	60.4	L2

Postseason

Round	Day	Date	Kickoff	Opponent	Results		Location
					Score	Record
Semi-Finals	Monday	June 29	7:00pm	Nashville Venom	W 54-35	1-0	Richmond Coliseum
PIFL Cup IV	Monday	July 6	7:00pm	at Columbus Lions	L 38-64[7]	1-1	Columbus Civic Center

Roster

2015 Richmond Raiders roster
Quarterbacks  3 Jonathan Bane 10 Phil Konopka Fullbacks 35 Derrick Okafor Wide receivers 12 Gerron Bryant  2 Daron Clark  9 Ronald Davis 14 Dexter Green  1 Robert Holland  5 Herb Jones		Offensive linemen 77 James Carter 56 Blade Shoop 78 Jarius Spain 63 Ken Van Heule 55 Eric Weaver Defensive linemen  7 Alex Johnson 94 Devin Jones 90 Christian Lacey 41 Chris Robinson 75 Brandon Sparrow		Linebackers 32 Blake Jones 45 Brandon Robinson Defensive backs 21 Kevin Allen 22 Tyrell Austin  6 Malik Cromartie  8 Torez Jones 31 Maurice Thorne Kickers 18 T. C. Stevens		Injured reserve -- Ammar Dyson WR (IR) Exempt List 76 Miles Mason OL (Exempt) 20 Brian Smith DB (Exempt) 2 Devin Wilson WR (Exempt) Suspended Currently vacant Rookies in italics Roster updated June 14, 2015 27 Active, 4 Inactive

References

1. Laura Fien (March 22, 2015). "Raiders lose to Freedom". www.richmond.com. Richmond Times-Dispatch. Retrieved July 15, 2015.
2. "Raids fall on late touchdown". www.richmond.com. Richmond Times-Dispatch. March 29, 2015. Retrieved May 12, 2015.
3. David M. Lawrence (April 4, 2015). "Raiders outscore Hammers". www.richmond.com. Richmond Times-Dispatch. Retrieved May 12, 2015.
4. David M. Lawrence (March 29, 2015). "Richmond Raiders can't hold on to late lead, lose to Columbus". www.richmond.com. Richmond Times-Dispatch. Retrieved May 12, 2015.
5. Mark Gormus (April 17, 2015). "Raiders hold off Trenton for second win of the season". www.richmond.com. Richmond Times-Dispatch. Retrieved July 15, 2015.
6. "Erie Explosion lose QB, game". www.goerie.com. Erie Times-News. May 11, 2015. Retrieved July 15, 2015.
7. Justin Ferguson (July 6, 2015). "Lions feast on Raiders again, claim PIFL title with 64-38 win". www.richmond.com. Richmond Times-Dispatch. Retrieved July 7, 2015.